Sphalerons with Two Higgs Doublets

Abstract

We report on work studying the properties of the sphaleron in models of the electroweak interactions with two Higgs doublets in as model-independent a way as possible: by exploring the physical parameter space described by the masses and mixing angles of the Higgs particles. If one of the Higgs particles is heavy, there can be several sphaleron solutions, distinguished by their properties under parity and the behaviour of the Higgs field at the origin. In general, these solutions are not spherically symmetric, although the departure from spherical symmetry is small.Comment: Talk given at Strong and Electroweak Matter, Marseille, 14-17 June 2000. Uses World Scientific proceedings class ws-p8-50x6-00.cl